Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,683, Jotham Ford, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Ford, Jotham
NUMBER
S. 10683
carded.
CONTENTS
[Faint handwritten text, possibly bleed-through from the reverse side]

18.937
Southam Lord
Rutland Co in the State of Vermont he was a Lt. in the Company commanded Captain Dickinson of the 1st Regt. commanded Col. Way - in the 1st Bn. - for - - -
2 Yrs Service - $ 80.00 not reported to Hager
Inscribed on the Roll of - Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension, issued the 8 th day of Nov 1833 and sent to - R. Temple, Rutland. Vt
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Feb '34. 40.00
$ 200.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 - Page 65
Lat
Lt Rhoda d'Vegan
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let Levi Pinney 28 June 1835
Secondary Arrears 10 July 1835
Do. to V. Marcy, July 23. 1835

Jotham Ford
27 No.
21597
W. Brinsfield copy

STATE OF VERMONT, } RUTLAND COUNTY, ss. }
On this 28 th day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of Rutland Jotham Forst a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1775 and served in Col. Woodbridge's
Regiment of the Masachusetts line under the follow-
ing named officers, namely - In 1775 he lived at Franklin, Mass. & immediately after the battle of Lexington he enlisted into Capt. Dickinson's company of 1 st Reg t for 8 months, & immediately joined his company at Cambridge - and when his time was out he volunteered at the request of his officers, & served 2 months longer, making ten months, & was discharged at Cambridge about the 1 st March 1776 - he was in the battle of Bunkerhill. About the 1 st Sept. 1776 he enlisted into Capt. Taylor's company St. Wood , for three months - he does not remember the names of his other officers - he joined his company at Roxbury and marched to Dorchester heights, where he served out his 3 months & was discharged there the 1 st Dec. In 1777, about the last of April or 1 st May, he enlisted into Capt. Welder's company Col. Ward's Reg t for six months, & served out his time at Boston & Dorchester & was discharged at Boston the 1 st Nov. Some time in April or May 1778 he engaged as a volunteer for the William Sargeants who were a soldier, & answered to his name, & marched to Fishkill, N. York, & was put into the company of Capt. Geyer in Col. Hay's Reg t & continued to serve there eight months when he was discharged at Fishkill in Decem r or Jan y . following. From age & loss of memory, he remembers the names of but few of his officers, but he is confident he served 27 months in the whole as above related, & would have served longer if his health had been good. He does not remember the names of his officers.

but he is confident he served 27 months in the whole as above related, & would have served longer if his health had been good. He does not remember to act in any other
Regiments with whom he served - he knew Genl Washington, Putnam, Lee, & many other continental officers, but forgets their names. He never received any written discharge, & has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whom testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. He was born at Roxbury 13. Dec. 1758, but does not know whether his age was recorded. After the revolution he lived at Braintree & Cambridge until about 22 years ago he moved to Vermont, & has since lived in her, Middlesex & Hampshire, where he now lives. There is no clergyman in the vicinity, but he is known to most of the inhabitants -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid.
W. May Jr. Regt
Jonathan Ford Mark

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
Jotham Ford Mark
Atty at Law
We Levi Finney  a Clergyman residing in Skewsbury and Elijah B. Jones residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jotham Ford who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
Levi Finney Elijah B. Jones
Atty at Law
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Levi Finney who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman  creditable person resident in Skewsbury and that Elijah B. Jones who has also signed the same, is a resident in Skewsbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Rodney C. Royce  Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jotham Ford for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11 day of Sept. A. D. 1832
Atty at Law

Johnson Stephen Ford Rutland 6 o Vermont
Admit 2 years $80
R Temple Rutland
No evidence as found in Mr. Bangs office last the affidavits has been other testimony R Temple

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
7 Oct 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoued notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Nathan Fard
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Actual Vap Service 3 Private Capt Dickerson Col Woodbridge Bunker Hill Staten Island 73 years at Braintree Tradition   1 March 1776 2 " " " " " " "   1 May 1777 3 " Capt Taylor " " " " "   May 1778 Substitute 6 " Capt Wilder Col Wood " " " "   8 " Capt Gayer Col May " " " "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
The papers are not properly authenticated

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the term, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir, -
In a statement of Rutland Co., Vt., in the Revolution I find the name of Johan Ford, private, Mass. militia, place on the pension roll Nov. 8, 1832 pension commenced Mar. 4, 1831, age 75.
Will you please send me a copy of his pension application together with what information you may have on file concerning his family.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Edw. V. Howlett
345 W. Huron St.,
Pontiac
Mich.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
17.10683  In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jotham Ford a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775- Nov. 1776 Pt. Dickinson Woodbridge Mass.   Sept. 1776 3 mos. Taylor Ditt   Apr. May 1777 6 mos. Wilker Ward   Apr. May 1778 8 mos. Gage Hay  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill Residence of soldier at enlistment, Braintree, Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 28, 1832 Residence at date of application, Rutland Co. Vt. Age at date of application, born Dec. 13, 1758 at Roxbury Mass.
Remarks: No data as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev War
✓ 10.683 INVALID.
1914 Aug. 4 Hist. Soc. Md. Edw. V. Howell. V.L.M.
File No. 10.683
John Thann Ford
Rev War
Act: Canne 7th 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 130
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Vermont Rutland p. 3
On the 5 th day of Sept. 1833, personally came before the undersigned authority, Aaron Smith of said County, aged 74 & a credible witness, who being duly sworn to the depon & say - That in 1775 & 1776, he was in service of the U. States at Cambridge & Dorchester, & was acquainted with Jotham Ford now of Shrewsbury in Rutland Co. Vermont and he knows that said Ford was a soldier in Capt. Dickinson's Co. of Col. Woodbridge's Regt. & was stationed at Cambridge during the campaign of 1775 & that he volunteered & served after his 8 months was out two months longer, until about 1 st March 1776 - and that in the fall of 1776, he knows said Ford served three months at Dorchester in Capt. Taylor's company, Col. Dike's Regt. - been before me this day & year aforesaid
Philip J. Pease
State of Vermont Rutland p. 3
On the 13 th day of Sept. 1833 personally came before the undersigned authority, Levi Sackett of said County, aged 73, & a credible witness, who being duly sworn to the depon & say, that in 1777 & 1778 he was a soldier in the 15 th Mass. Regt. & was acquainted with Jotham Ford of Shrewsbury, & had been previously acquainted with him - & that said Ford was a soldier in Col. Ward's Regt. in 1777, & served six months at Boston & Dorchester - & that in 1778 said Ford was a soldier in Col. Henry's Regt. at the Highlands, N. York, & served the department believes 7 or 8 months in Capt. Gage's company - he is however not positive as to the length of the last mentioned service, but has no doubt he served as a soldier there. been before me this day & year aforesaid
Philip J. Pease

State of Vermont
Bellows Falls - 3
On the 14 th day of Sept. 1833, personally came before the undersigned Authority, Rufus Ross of said County aged 74, & a credible witness, who being duly sworn deth depose say, that in 1777 he was a corporal in Capt. Waldo's Comp y . in Col. Ward's Reg t , & he was acquainted with Jonathan Ford who was a soldier in said company & served six months, commencing he thinks in April & ending in October - said Ford is now present. In the spring of 1778 said Ford enlisted into Col. Hays Reg t & marched to the Highlands - the deponent cannot say how long he served in said Reg t but understood at the time that he enlisted for eight months, & has no doubt that he did so serve 8 months. When before me the day before ascertained
Witness my hand
State of Vermont
I Robert Ripley Clerk of the Grand County Court do certify, that Robert Ripley, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, is a Justice of Peace for said County, duly commissioned and that his name thereunto is in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this 16. day of Sept. 1833.
R. Ripley

L. Linnusville } Linnusville V.S. }
July 1. 1835
7 July 1835
From
Geo. Wm Crump Esq
Washington City
Acting Commr of Pension-

Shrewsbury July 1- 1835
Sir - Agreeable to request of yours of the 22 d which was received June 30 th I would inform you that there is no such man as Jotham Lord now in Shrewsbury nor in the vicinity thereof nor never was to my knowledge - of Mr Temple has made use of no in the manner you have stated it is an out right Forgery - I am respectfully Yours Geo. McLure Esq
David Linn

War Department Pension Office June 13 th 1835
Sir
The Third Auditor on examination of the Account of payments made to Pensioners in Vermont during the present year was under the impression that the following cases were fraudulent and called my attention to them. They are the cases to which he alluded in his letter to you a few days since. I have examined them, and now give you the result of that examination.
When it was discovered early in October last that frauds had been extensively perpetrated by the late Robert Temple upon the public by means of false pension papers, a general order was given to the Agent in Vermont under the act of 1832 to make no payment upon the claims for which Temple had been Agent unless special instructions were received from this department to that effect. The persons whose names are on the accompanying list

list marked (A) are undoubtedly living, most of them are probably entitled to an allowance at some rate under the act of 1832, and have applied since January last to this Department for the removal of the suspension of their payments; but not having satisfied me that they are legally entitled to the rates they have heretofore respectively received, the suspension has not yet been removed.
The individuals whose names are on the accompanying list marked (B) have satisfied me that they are justly entitled to the allowances for which they were originally placed on the list. The agent has been directed to resume payment to them accordingly and a considerable portion of them appear from the statement made to have been already paid up to the 4 th March last.
The rates of allowance heretofore given to the following persons have been reduced - it appearing upon the proof depositions recently furnished that they were originally allowed too much. New certificates have been issued to them, and the agent has been directed to pay them accordingly after deducting the amount of any overpayment that may have been made.

Their names are - Thomas Rogers, Samuel Parker Moses Cumbler, Isaac Southworth, Daniel Eaton William Grane, Timothy Beaman.
John Gaddings has been transferred to New York from 6 March 1834.
The Surbee has been transferred to Ohio - payable at the Pittsburgh Agency from 6 March 1834.
The claims of Enoch Briggs & Isaac Spaulding were probably correct, but the claimants are ascer- tained to have died since October last. The claims of Thomas Lodd Barzillai Severy, Levi Cedron & Enoch Eaton were those of individuals living when they were originally made, but not renewed since the general suspension was ordered for reasons unknown to me.
The claims of Oliver Arnold, Ephraim Heald & Solomon Moulton were not originally admitted through the agency of Mr. Temple, and appear to have bona fide claims. Why their allowances have not been called for according the half year ending the 6 th March last it is impossible for me to determine as these claims were not sus- pended.

On comparing the papers which supported the claims purporting to be those of Jonathan Ford and Asa Brown, they are believed to be clearly fraudulent, and appear to be the only claims contained in the list furnished by the third auditor which are so.
I am very respectfully your obedt serv t J L Edwards
Virgil Maxcy Esq r Solicitor of the Treasury 6

War Dept. Pension Office June 12. 1835
Sir,
The Third Auditor, on examining the Pension Accounts for payments made in Vermont during the present year, was under the impression that the following named cases were fraudulent, and called my attention to them. I have examined them, and the following is the result of that examination. These are the cases to which the Auditor alluded in his letter to you a few days since. My opinion is that all the cases in which the late R. Temple had any agency have already received as full an investigation as is practicable for me to make with the means in my possession.
When it was discovered early in  in the winter of October last that frauds had been extensively perpetrated by Mr. Temple upon the public by means of false pension claims a general order was given to the agent in Vermont under the act of 1832 to make no payment upon any claim in which Temple had an agency without special instructions from this department. Since that time the following persons have applied to this department for directions to the agent to resume payment to them.
Philemon Adams
Isaac D. Dyer
Ebenezer Andrews
Peter Blooming
Joseph Bateman
Mrs. Bromley
Wm. Grooman
Abel Churchill
Royal Bromley
Elisha Clark
Reuben Child
Nathan Beman
Eli Eastman
Nathan Freeman
Daniel Gleason
Daniel Goodenough

Lincoln Gilbert = David Grane, Peleg Green Seth Gorham of Cadleton Seth Gorham of Ralland Abner Hall John Hildreth Uriah Harrington Abel Horton
Nathaniel Keyes Levi Lord Ezekiel Longley Wm Lord Elias Munger David Meniam Jonathan Orms Thomas Parmenter Abel Paine Milton Potter Daniel Reiden Lon a Remington
John Sargeant Daniel Squire Luther Shaw Jonathan Sisson Gideon Stevens Asa Naples Asa Southworth Ebenezer Squire Gideon Lenny Phineas Whitney Amos Meller James Walker James Whipple Richard Weaver
The foregoing are  are no doubt  all  and most of them are probably entitled to some allowance  but  but the persons herein in full life, have not yet established their right to the rate which  allowances they have heretofore received & the suspension of payment has not yet been removed
The following allowances of the following persons have been reduced upon their recent proof of actual service new certificates issued to them & payments directed to the above  in pursuance thereof , deducting whatever over- payments may have been heretofore made Moses Lumbler Wm Grane  Thomas Rogers 
The agent has been directed to resume the pay- ment of the following persons at the rates they were orig- inally inscribed, they having been correctly admitted     Samuel Murnell  Wm Chatterton  Alvain Parker    Isaac Alwood  Zebulon Cram  David Potter    Martin Ashley  Andrew Herrett  Isachar Reed     Jeriah Pearson  Elijah Segun     Naziah Green  Eleazer Warner  

War Department
Pension Office
June 15 th 1835
Sir
I herewith transmit you a copy of my letter of the 13 th inst to the Solicitor of the Treasury, showing the result of my examination into the list of cases which you deemed to be suspicious.
I will thank you to inform me of the place of residence stated in the vouchers of payment to Jonathan Ford and Asa Brown whose claims I consider to be fraudulent, in order that I may be enabled to procure further information from Vermont on that subject.
I am very respectfully your obedt servt J. L. Edwards
P. Wagner Esq r
Third Auditor of the Treasury

A
Pensions under the Act of 1832 whose payments were suspended, and have not been resumed
✓ Philemon Adams * Ebenezer Andrews ✓ Peter Blooming ✓ Joseph Bateman ✓ Wm Bromley ✓ Wm Corderman ✓ Caleb Churchill ✓ Royal Browley + Elisha Clark + Pennel Child ✓ Matthew Dennison ✓ Eli Eastman ✓ Nathan Freeman + Daniel Gleason ✓ Daniel Goodenough * Simeon Gilbert ✓ David Graves ✓ Peleg Green ✓ Seth Gorham & Castleton Seth Gorham & Kulland ✓ Abner Hall ✓ John Hitchcock * Noah Harrington ✓ Abel Horton ✓ Nathaniel Keyes ✓ Levi Long ✓ Ezekiel Longley ✓ William Lord ✓ Elias Munger ✓ David Merriam
* Jonathan Orms * Thomas Parmenter ✓ Abel Paine ✓ Milton Potter ✓ Daniel Riden ✓ Jonathan Remington ✓ John Sargeant ✓ Daniel Squire ✓ Luther Shay ✓ Jonathan Stason ✓ Gideon Stevens ✓ Asa Staples ✓ Jasper Southworth ✓ Ebenezer Squire ✓ Gideon Tenney ✓ Phineas Whitney Amos Weller ✓ * James Walker ✓ James Whelpley ✓ Richard Weaver ✓ Joel Earl ✓ Leut Dves ✓ Caleb Morgan ✓ Willard Mann ✓ John McDonald ✓ Elias Post * Nathaniel Wilmarth * Amos Yeaw ✓ Benjamin Needham ✓ Jeremiah Rogers

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E

A List of Vouchers in 1 st Q r 1834 in which R Temple acted as Magistrate or attorney - These pensioners have not been paid in the 1 st Q r 1835
No. 3 Philemon Adams V " 13 Simson Bigelow 9206 V " 324 Abraham Eaton 1742 V " 417 Peleg Green V " 436 John Godding 8524 V " 486 Ephraim Hoad 18657 V " 618 William Lord V " 646 David Merriam V " 863 & 864 Isaac Spaulding 8546 V " 946 Joshua Southworth V " 947 ditto " 1032 James Whipple V

A list of Vouchers prepared by Robert Temple - in the 3 d of 1834 that Pensioners have not been paid in the 1 st of 1835
Philemon Adams ✓
Jack Earl 8532 ✓
Lient Ives 18628 ✓
John M c Donald 8551 ✓
Benjamin Needham 1106 ✓
Isaac Spaulding 85216 see sheet E -
James Whipple ✓
Nathaniel Wilworth 8674 see sheet E ✓

A list of Vouchers in the Vermont acct P st G rs 1834 made out by R Temple - not suspended - These pensioners have not been paid by the Agent in the 1 st G rs 1835
Voucher No. 22 Martin Ashley ✓ " 126 Asa Brown 5343 ✓ " 255 William Crossman ✓ " 1391 Jonathan Ford 18.957 ✓ " 1399 William Graver ✓ " 1437 Seth Gorham ✓ " 737 Abel Paine ✓ " 809 Jonathan Remington ✓ " 865 Asa Staples ✓ " 918 Ebenezer Squibb ✓ " 1034 Richard Weaver ✓ " 783 Silas Proctor 8577 ✓

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B

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Notches in the Vermont acct 2 d J y . 1834 Made out by A Temple - suspended. These Pensions have not been paid by the Agent in the 5 th J y . 1836
N o 15 Moses Amblor V " 138 Philbrook Burrows V " 118 Enos Brigg V " 53 William Bromley V " 127 Daniel Eaton 2825 V " 301 Josiah Pearson V " 311 David Potter V " 320 Elias Post 2826 V " 337 Thomas Roger V " 344 Jeremiah Roger 18609 V " 367 Simeon Stevens V " 443 Amos Yeaw 8577 V " 12 Oliver Arnold Dece 11736 V
The following are as above but not suspended.
" 282 Willard Mann 8574 V " 271 Caleb Morgan 18596 V " 290 Thomas Parmeter V " 332 Daniel Nisden V

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D

A List of Vouchers in the Vermont acct made out by R Temple - in the 1 st of 1834 - These Pensioners have been paid in the 1 st of 1835 & find that the signatures agree with their former Vouchers
 N o 29 Isaac Atwood V  " 178 Rufus Barber 3374 V same in 2 o of 1834  " 187 Lebuton Cram V N o 19 Danee Ballard 852  " 189 Nail Chatterton V N o 178 Peter Hall 252132  " 224 Nathaniel Chipman 1691 V N o 118 Eleazer Lyman 28271  " 315 Phoebe Dickey transferred. Plio not since paid 8492 V  " 327 Enoch Eaton 9386 V  " 343 James Poldy 18626 V  " 346 Luther Fairbanks 9144 V  " 398 Amasa Fuller 3496  " 415 Abijah Green signed V by making his mark  " 451 Asa Hall 2234 V  " 454 Elias Hall 3870 V  " 484 Andrew Howdell V  " 587 Peter Hays 17607 V  " 657 John N Miller 17966 V  " 667 Solomon Moulton Dies 11647 V 13 March 1834 to 3 o of 1834  " 692 Jason Newton 3179 V  " 698 Samuel Newton 18827 V  " 729 Ephraim Parker V  " 781 Simeon Post 35241 V  " 808 Issachar Reed W V  " 815 Jonathan Reynolds 911 V  " 892 Elijah Segar V  " 971 Abel Titus 103 V  " 986 John Tollman 17961  " 1030 Eleazer Wheelock 909 V  " 45 Silas Baillie 2255 V  " 402 Nehemiah Gales see remarks on the Vouchers 205 V  " 506 Caleb Howland 3339 V  " 1012 Eleazer Warner V 

List from Mr. Hagnus after refusal to in tellin to Soluda of Treacy 18 June 1835

The following is a list of accounts in the Vermont acct. of the act of 7 th June 1832. made out by H. Temple & suspended Those pensioners have not been paid in the 1 st quarter 1835
To 9 Ebenezer ✓ Andrews 8539 11 7 1/4 Jonathan ✓ Orms ✓ 15 Asa ✓ Anderson 1732 5 7 85 Milton ✓ Potter ✓ 58 Caleb ✓ Blanchard 8564 paid in 4 th 1834 ✓ 1834 ✓ 1834 ✓ 1834 ✓ 85 Philbrook ✓ Barrows 28010 „ 855 Jonathan ✓ Haysow ✓ 86 Joseph ✓ Barney 28012 „ 856 John ✓ Sargent ✓ 112 Enos ✓ Briggs 6914 „ 862 Luther ✓ Shaw ✓ 135 Consider ✓ Bower 8400 „ 917 Daniel ✓ Squire ✓ 136 Timothy ✓ Boardman 8526 „ 945 Isaac ✓ Southward 8545 ✓ 142 Peter ✓ Blooming 18419 „ 970 Gideon ✓ Henry ✓ 164 Samuel ✓ Burdell 17066 „ 977 Thomas ✓ Todd 3220 ✓ 169 Elisha ✓ Clarke 913 „ 46 Joseph Bateman „ 226 Pencil ✓ Child 11782 „ 1028 Simon ✓ Weller „ 228 Royal ✓ Crowley 102 „ 1035 Phineas ✓ Whitney ✓ 234 Levi ✓ Colvin 8566 „ 73 Samuel ✓ Parker 8584 „ 260 Caleb ✓ Churchill 4463 Abner ✓ Hall 85734 ✓ 293 Baylla ✓ Dewey 3333 „ 529 Abel ✓ Hinton 15932 ✓ 294 Nathan ✓ Denson 8527 1010 James ✓ Walker „ 325 Eli ✓ Eastman 4127 „ 363 Nathan ✓ Freeman 8547 + „ 403 David ✓ Graves 5498 + „ 414 Daniel ✓ Gleason 8497 + „ 420 Simeon ✓ Gilbert 3222 „ 434 Daniel ✓ Goodenow 8496 + „ 453 Uriah ✓ Harrington 3788 „ 495 John ✓ Hitchcock 41 „ 583 Nathaniel ✓ Keys 8502 „ 613 Levi ✓ Long 1107 „ 615 Ezekiel ✓ Longley 8503 + „ 686 Elias ✓ Minger 18702

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The following is a list of Vouchers in the Vermont acct of the Act of June 1832. Made out by A Temple & suspended. Those pensioners have not been paid in the 8 th of 1835.
   No. 19 Ebenezer Andrews  No. 862 Luther Shaw    " 116 Asa Anderson  " 917 Daniel Squire    " 58 Caleb Blanchard  " 945 Isaac Southward    " 85 Philbrook Barrows  " 970 Gideon Tenny    " 86 Joseph Barney  " 977 Thomas Todd    " 112 Enos Briggs  " 46 Joseph Bateman    " 135 Conider Bowen  " 1028 Amos Meller    " 136 Timothy Boardman  " 1055 Phineas Whitney    " 142 Peter Blossom  " 730 Samuel Parker    " 164 Samuel Burnell  " 463 Abner Hall    " 179 Elisha Clark  " 529 Abel Horton    " 226 Pence Child  " 1010 James Walker    " 228 1/2 Royal Crowly     " 234 Levi Colvin     " 260 Caleb Church     " 292 Bayliss Dewey     " 294 Nathan Denison     " 325 Eli Eastman     " 363 Nathan Freeman     " 403 Darius Graves     " 414 Daniel Gleason     " 420 Simion Gilbert     " 434 Daniel Goodenough     " 453 Uriah Harrington     " 495 John Hitchcock     " 582 Nathaniel Hays     " 613 Levi Long     " 615 Ezekiel Longly     " 686 Elias Munger     " 714 Jonathan Orms     " 785 Milton Potter  paid in 4 th of 1834. signatur, agree    " 855 Jonathan Slayson     " 856 John Sargent    

B
Pensioners whose payment the Agent has been directed to resume as heretofore
Samuel Burnell Isaac Atwood Martin Ashley Walt Challerton Webuton Crane Amadus Hewett Josiah Pearson Uziah Greene Ephraim Parker Daniel Potter Issacher Reed Elijah Segur Eleazer Warner Elazar Lyman Daniel Ballard Peter Hall Abel Titus Jonathan Reynolds Eleazer Wheelock Silas Bartlett Asa Hale Calib. Howland Amasa Fuller
John Tollman Rufus Barber Nathaniel Chipman Abraham Eaton Jason Norton Elias Hall Simion Post Calib. Blanchard Asa Anderson Conrad Drown Philbrook. Barrows Joseph Barney Samuel Barney Samuel Norton James Geely Nehemiah Gates Simion Bigelow Luther Fairbanks Peter Keyes John V. Miller Silas Proctor